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What to look for in LCD TV

goodspeed — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:01:26 +0800

Now lately we see a lot cheap LCD TV launching...

On one side, i see a Samsung 32"LCD TV selling for RM3999.00 and another side i see another Samsung LCD TV same size selling RM4999.00

Mmmmm.. when we're buying a LCD TV.. what details should we look into before choosing one and don't end up regretting later..

Quick summary
-Supports HDMI
-True HDTV and "not" HDTV-Ready
-Viewing angle
-Supports 720p and 1080i is a must (if got 1080p better still)
-Good response time (6ms or less)

xbox 360 hang only played for a day

goodspeed — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:58:57 +0800

need your help...

just bought a new xbox 360 from djinn yesterday afternoon and now everytime i start the 360 it just hangs at the startup.. cant even go in to the blade menu...

no 3ROD... the lights are normal...

even took out the hard disk... still the same..

anyone experience this before ?

any good advice.. i was enjoying gears of war ... and now...

What speakers do you use for xbox 360 ?

goodspeed — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:10:09 +0800

Share your experience...

Need advise to look for some nice speakers for better gaming experience...

goodspeed — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:07:09 +0800

The Complete Dummy's Guide to Xbox 360 and Windows XP Media Center.

Windows XP Media Center is another operating system something like Windows 98 , Windows NT and etc.

In short XP Media Center is an extension of XP Professional.

Things you can do with with Xbox 360 with XP Media Center.
- stream movies from your computer to your TV (MPG/AVI/DIVX/etc)
- stream musics from your computer to your TV
- save all your DVD to your computer
- purchase movies from Internet (Broadband connection required)
- watch US news (Broadband connection required)
- the list goes on...

What do you need
- XP Media Center OS
- A computer
- Xbox 360 (link within the same network as your computer)
- TV
- Broadband connection
- 1 ADSL Modem
- 1 Broadband Router with 4 LAN port(DHCP enabled)

How to set up (my options)
- Plug your telephone line to your ADSL modem
- Using network cable plug both your ADSL modem and Router (WAN port)
- Using network cable plug both your PC and Router (LAN port)
- Using network cable plug both your Xbox 360 and Router (LAN port)
- Turn on your computer and Xbox 360
- Make sure both your PC and Xbox 360 can connect to internet
- From Xbox 360 Dashboard - Media Blade, press "Media Center"
- Follow the instructions
- Done

Wireless recommendation
- Read on.

Streaming
- Read on.

Many thanks to Stringfellow for his contribution.

Power adaptor @ The brick

goodspeed — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:34:22 +0800

I overheard someone mentioning this during GRAW yesterday...

If we purchase Xbox 360 (Japan) set... and we buy another power adaptor (Asia) version.... will that be compatible ????

Manage your Xbox Live friends list from the web

goodspeed — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:24:12 +0800

For those people lazy to add or accept friends request from their console, you can now use the web "www.xbox.com" to do it...

Have fun..

'The Outfit' Picture Pack 2 - FREE !

goodspeed — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:55:42 +0800

anyone downloaded before ???